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Sanjay nirupam i 48 yearS and functioned efficiently for years in
MuMbai Congress Chief areas with huge slums like Dharavi,
Kurla, Charkop, Malvani and Malad
‘Maharashtra CM -- have witnessed a 50 per cent shut-
down. With absolutely no employ-
ment generation, more than 25,000
Mumbaikars lost their jobs during the
has failed miserably dark period of demonetization and
implementation of GST.
As a Mumbaikar, don’t you find a
in doing his job’ single work of the government that
makes you feel good?
Not at all. Mumbaikars are paying an
awful lot as the gap between what is
being promised by the CM and what
is actually delivered continues to wid-

From increaSing crime rate to the span of eight months, the farmers
never-ending plight of the farmers, and the Adivasis have marched for ‘The misery of people
the Maharashtra government led by days walking kilometres for their
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has long-standing demands. They have is not limited to
disappointed everyone, said Mumbai returned twice with nothing but the rural parts of
Congress chief Sanjay nirupam during empty promises. But the CM and his
an interview with manmohan singh government seem to be in no mood Maharashtra. Those
naula. “In a time span of eight months, to help them in any way. The govern- working in the real
the farmers and the Adivasis have ment has brought the food produc-
marched for days walking kilometres for ers of Maharashtra to a state wherein estate business are
their long-standing demands. They have they’re fighting for their own food. As still recovering from
returned twice with nothing but empty many as 10,000 farmers have com-
promises,” he added. mitted suicide under the BJP Govt’s the serious blow of
watch. What kept the CM so busy that demonetisation and
edited excerpts from an interview • he has failed in fulfilling his prom-
ise of benefiting 80 lakh farmers in GST implementation’
Maharashtra with a loan waiver of
What is your take on Devendra 34,000 crore because the govern-
Fadanavis as chief minister? ment has only been able to benefit en. One of the biggest problems the
As Maharashtra chief minister, 39.78 lakh farmers with a waiver of Mumbaikars are battling today is that
Devendra Fadnavis has completed 16,498 crore so far. of the Mumbai Metro. At first the chief
more than four years in power, very minister announced the construction
little has been delivered out of his Everyone in the Congress has been of the Metro 2 line connecting Da-
endless list officially taken from the slamming the demonetisation hisar in the northwest with Mandale
BJP’s book of tall promises. The CM’s and GST. What impact did these in Mankhurd in the east.
poor decision making is no more a policies have on the people of The construction of the first sec-
secret. But his decisions have been Maharashtra? tion of the line, i.e. Metro 2A connect-
causing great inconvenience to the The misery of people is not limited to ing Dahisar and D.N. Nagar which
common people time and again. the rural parts of Maharashtra. Those commenced in November 2016 was
working in the real estate business in expected to be completed by the year
Do you mean that the state the city are still recovering from the 2019. With 3 years in hand, the con-
government is not doing enough serious blow of demonetisation and struction work has not been com-
for people? implementation of GST. The Mumbai- pleted by even 50%. The condition of
From increasing crime rate to the kars have lost their purchasing power Metro 2 line connecting D. N. Nagar
never-ending plight of the farmers, which is why more than five lakh flats and Mankhurd via Bandra is no better
the Fadnavis -led state government are lying unsold in the city. Small-scale since the construction work is stuck
has disappointed everyone. In a time industries — which gained grounds due to a pending court case. With

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